odog
Cable Centric Vendor Biased
Premium
join:2001-08-05
Norcross, GA
clubs: | forced bundling
makes sense.
my only complaint is the deceptive issues requiring contracts and bundling to get the advertised price.
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froggy58
join:2002-05-07
Cape Canaveral, FL
| One Price on my bill
I'm looking at the bill right now. RoadRunner in FL
It has one number on it and no "additional" anything fees.
$44.95
Now I do remember when we had DSL it started at under $50 and when they added the taxes & fees it was $54.95.
Of course if I pay late there's a $5 fee and that's the only additional comment anywhere on the bill about additional $$$.
No contract, condo assoc pays the basic cable. If I didn't have the condo pay the basic cable, I'd order Earthlink Cable which will install without basic cable being paid.
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mospam
join:2004-09-05
Lakeland, FL
| said by froggy58  :I'm looking at the bill right now. RoadRunner in FL It has one number on it and no "additional" anything fees. $44.95 Now I do remember when we had DSL it started at under $50 and when they added the taxes & fees it was $54.95. Of course if I pay late there's a $5 fee and that's the only additional comment anywhere on the bill about additional $$$. No contract, condo assoc pays the basic cable. If I didn't have the condo pay the basic cable, I'd order Earthlink Cable which will install without basic cable being paid. K go with earthlink. they're cheaper and use the same lines. |
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Sarkoon
@uu.net
| Earthlink DSL blocks outbound port 25, so you are forced to relay all outgoing email through their smarthost. If you care at all about your freedoms as an internet user, or run your own mail server, this is completely unacceptable.
If they want to cut back on spam, monitor for misuse and block accordingly. Do not censor and criple everyone's internet connection because they MIGHT use it for something bad. |
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ghosty623
@cox.net
|  Sarkoon how paranoid are you? You think earthlink techs sit around and collect emails and go through each and every one of them? ISP's have better things to do that to sit around and read email all day.
Unless you send encrypted, any system is going to pick it up regardless of who sends it since its all clear text. Also since its clear text anything can be read from it regardless of whos system it passes through... |
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Freezone
join:2000-09-29
Southfield, MI
| I think he runs his own server. The paranoid issue is a small one, however ISP's are starting to scan e-mails for virus. Also many people use company e-mail servers port 25 blocking forces them to use nonstandard ports or to use the ISp for outgoing. |
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